Is it true that if you want to print cut patterns from a dynamic view it needs to be rasterized? This becomes a problem when printing to pdf with file sizes become quite large and also difficult to edit in other vector based presentation programs such as Illustrator. Is there a setting which can change this?
Thanks
Another question about cut patterns in dynamic view: is there a way to "save as" to dgn 2D or dwg to deal the files with engineers not using BA?
With other words: is there a way to flatten these DV drawing to 'normal' 2D drawings?
Luc Dierick
This should work...
1) While in your sheet model choose File > Save As, giving the output dgn file a new name so you don't overwrite the original. 2) Click on the Option button to open the "Save as V8 Options" dialog box. 3) Click on the Reference tab. 4) The first check box is "Merge Visible Edges of 3D Attachments to Sheets". Check this box to make it active. 5) You will now see a small magnifying glass appear to the left of this check box. Click on the magnifying glass. 6) This opens the "Visible Edge Settings" dialog. The 4th check box down is "Expand Hatch". Click on the Expand Hatch check box to make it active, then click the OK button. (this option should give you your hatches in the output file). 7) Back on the "Save As V8 Options" dialog, click on the Filter tab and then click on the "Models..." button in the middle of this tab. 8) A "Select Models" dialog will appear. Click and highlight only the model that contains the sheet you want to export. This will reduce processing time and file size. Click OK. 9) Back on the "Save As V8 Options" dialog box click OK. 10) Back on the initial "Save As" dialog, if you have given the output file a new name, then click the Save button to generate the output DGN file. 11) You should be able to open this file in either XM or V8i, as well as save as DWG.
Use batch converter as I do what you ask at the end of every day.
I have to save all my files as plain old v8 viles then those as dwg files.
you can also save the difinition and modify it with somehting like save as dgn (for v7 engineers or even v8 engineers) any *.dgn
Then save those as all *.dgn to dwg.
Ustn since 1988SS4 - i7-3.45Ghz-16 Gb-250/1Tb/1Tb-Win8.1-64bEric D. MilbergerArchitect + Master Planner + BIMSenior Master Planner NASA - Marshall Space Flight CenterThe Milberger Architectural Group, llc
Steve,
But when I open the resulting file in XM or when I export to dwg I have no hatchings, the joints are not unified, ..... Not really the result I was hoping for.
Any further ideas?
I apologize. I was too fast - I exported the wrong model.
Now I see the walls as lines and the hatchings as hatchings.
Cool! These steps will be included in a forthcoming Drawing Views FAQ.